Dozens and dozens of ready-to-use activities give kids fun-filled phonics practice and a big boost on the road to becoming successful readers and writers. Topics include alphabet recognition, initial and final consonants, consonant blends, short and long vowels, and rhymes and word families. Activities are effective for RTI and English language learners. Flexible and easy to use for independent work, day starters or homework. For use with Grades K-2.

Engage young readers throughout the school year with these easy and irresistible plays on seasonal topics such as back to school, Halloween, Thanksgiving, winter weather, Valentine's Day, the 100th day of school, and signs of spring.

Turn your classroom into a readers' theater with this delightful collection of short, simple plays on themes kids adore-pets, dinosaurs, space, losing a tooth, birthday parties, making new friends, going to school, and many more. These lively plays include adorable illustrations that support the text as well as rhymes, repition, and predictable language to help bolster young children's reading and oral language skills. Comes complete with teaching strategies and cross-curricular extensions. For use with Grades K-1.

Teach key science concepts and build reading fluency with these engaging and easy-to-read plays on animals, habitats, life cycles, health and human body, plants and seeds, weather, and more. Reproducible plays include rhyme, repetition, and predictable language to help young learners build reading confidence. Extension activities teach and reinforce key concepts and vocabulary. For use with Grades KÐ2.

Learning to decode new words is easy with these engaging phonics games that put a new twist on bingo! The reproducible "ladders" help kids master short vowels, long vowels, blends, digraphs, and more. A super-fun way to get kids started on the road to reading success.

This book shows elementary teachers how and why to use phonogram poems to teach phonics. It includes many sample poems for the most common rimes in children's reading.An intro chapter shows why the onset/rime (phonogram) approach is important to teaching phonics. Chapters with original poems and other texts for the 40 or so most common rimes in children's reading are also included. Approximately 100 poems are included in this book, and there is also information on extending the use of the poems into other activities and texts.Practicing elementary teachers in grades K-3, and parents who are creating reading programs for their children at home.

Kids will clamor to complete the charming poems on these ready-to-go pages. As they fill in missing letter or letter combinations to complete each poem, children have repeated opportunities to spell, write, and read words containing the targeted sound-spelling pattern. Poems feature predictable, rhyming text and tie in with popular themes such as seasons, animals, and all about me. Perfect for independent reading or readaloud practice! Engaging format reinforces spelling, writing, and reading Builds decoding and word recognition skills Boosts automaticity, fluency skills, and reading confidence Great for ELLs and RTI instruction Can be used for whole-class, small-group, one-on-one, or independent activities

Introduce beginning readers to important figures in our country's history and help them build fluency with these engaging plays. Rhyme, repetition, and simple, predictable language help young learners build reading confidence. Topics include George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King, Jr., and more. Background information and extension activities teach key concepts and vocabulary. For use with Grades 12.